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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09


Mr.. j. c. Swash, formerly of Walla
Walla, writes to the Union of that
place from London and gives an ac-
count of the American Exhibition. OF
the Northern Pacific Railroad display
he says: By far the best and most re-
preventative exhibit, and one which is
observed and appreciated by the right
class of people, is that made by the
Northern Pacific railroad. 1t comprises
handsome center stand manufactured
of all the different kinds of wood
grown in the country through which
the Northern Pacific runs, upon which
are arranged glass bottles of cereals,
beans, pears, fruits, butter, cheese,
hops, and surmounted with nice
collection of stuffed birds. Wheat,
oats, barley, clover, rye and flax are
shown in the straw, and the many vari-
eties Of grasses are tastily ARA nged
upon an artistically planned frame
work about thirty feet square and
about the same height Min erals of
all kinds are displayed and two pyr-
amids OF Minneapolis -four, large Sec
tions of Puget Sound fir, wool, salmon,
etc. In short it is a good represen-
tation of the varied resources of the
northwest from Lake Superior to the
Pacific ocean.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

AT Philadelphia the executive COM
mittee of the new political party re-
Gently organized under the name of
The American Party" have issued
an official call for National Conven-
ton in that city on the 10Th and 17th
of September. The convention is
called for the purpose of completing
an organization and promoting the
party's objects, among which are: To
emphasize and perpetuate the senti-
ment of America for Americans"
restriction of immigration, thorough
revision of the naturalization laws !;
reserving American lands for Ameri-
can citizens only; to abolish polygamy
in the United States Immediately and
entirely; adjust the relations between
labor capital on permanent basis of
equity and justice.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

NEAR Galton, ILL.,, there is forty
acre farm devoted exclusively to the
raising of rattlesnakes, which are sold
to patent medicine firms in Philadel-
phia for their oil, which is said to be
good for rheumatism. The snakes
sell for - % each. Some of the
snakes have 20 rattles. The proprie-
tor of the farm, Col. Dunn, says the
rattles are not an indication of the
age of the snake, as sometimes two
rattles grow in one year, and some
times the rattles get broke off.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

THE President has appointed Prof.
G. w. Brown Goode Assistant Direc-
tor of the National Museum, to be
Commissioner of Fisheries, Vice Prof.
S. F. Baird, deceased. Judge McGue,
Solicitor of the Treasury, who was
first rendered the Office, declined be-
cause OF his lack of scientific know
ledge. The Office was also rendered
Governor Thompson, acting Secretary
of the Treasury, and he too declined
it for the same reason. Prof. Goode is
a well known scientist, and was asso-
ciated with Prof. Baird in many duties
of scientific character.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

A LAW passed by last Congress re-
quires every marriage ceremony per-
formed in any of the Territories to be
certified by the minister or officer per-
forming it, giving the full name of the
parties, and this certificate must be
signed by the parties married and by
the minister or officer performing the
ceremony and then filed for record in
the Probate Court. Punishment for
violation may be one thousand dollars
or imprisonment for two years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09
II takes o Hindoo twelve days to cut

II takes Hindoo twelve days to cut
an acre of grain by the primitive
method he employs. With small,
curved blade he sewers the stalks by
handfuls IS lie Squats upon his heels.
The wages of harvester are said to be
about 30 cents per week, without board.
These people will have nothing to do
with the modern threshing machine.
They prefer the "bhoosa" or trampipg
process. They clean the grain by aid
of the wind.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

SUDDEN DEATH.-Last Sunday even
ing, when just below Dungeness on
the steamer Dispatch, Charles Robert
son, of Quillayhte, fell dead. The de-
ceased, accompanied by his wife, were
EN- route to Dungeness to visit Cap
tain McAllmond, when the sorrowfu1
event occurred. Charles Robertson
was about 80 years of age, of moderate
circumstances, and leaves a widow to
mourn his sudden death.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

One Of the greatest puzzles to the
observing spectator, who watched the
youngsters playing copenhagen, was
to know why those girls who fought
so hard against being kissed played
the game at all. They didn't have
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

WHEN Bernhardt returned to Paris
she said" play in Paris no more.
You Parisians are two poor. l
like butter on my bread, SO l shall
return to America" Our native land
has had no handsomer endorsement.
1t is the country of buttered bread.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

The Queen Of Holland presented
remarkable gift to the King on his
seventieth birthday. The ladies' in
waiting carried in an immense bouquet,
which they placed before His Majesty.
The King was greatly surprised when
suddenly the top of the bouquet opened,
and the head of his infant daughter
peeped out of the flowers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

BISHOP Harris of the Methodist
Episcopal church died last Friday
afternoon at his residence in New
York City. Bishop Harris was one
Of the pillars of the Methodist church.
He began his career as IA minister in
1853. He had circumnavigated the
globe and visited many lands in the
interest of missionary work.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

DURING his recent ride across the
continent on a bicycle, Mr.. Nellis
travelled 1860 miles, and averaged
62 miles day. The greatest distance
covered in one day was 90 miles, in
Nebraska. His average daily run in
California was y miles, and in Ne
yada 76
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09
at one and the same time-wealthy
patriotic, cultured and progressive.
The Clothes that Kill.

The advice to women to promote
their health by outdoor exercise is
never wanting. But no amount Of
fresh-air exercise can save women
from the evil effects of their present
style of dress. 1t is their clothes that
kill them.
Every step a woman takes, her foot
contands with her skirt. She lifts it
on the instep, and she lifts it on the
heel. The weight may be ounces or
pounds, but it is taken up at every
step. The heavy skirts, with flounces,
overskirt, hustle, braid, beads and
other trimmings, hang their many
pounds and many yards, Tapping
around the feet and legs of the wearer
The corset does not allow space to
take full breath, and the tight sleeves
cause the muscles to cry for room.
Dressed in this fashion, the wearer
comes back from her walk for fresh
air and exercise" tired through and
through, and is the worse for it, be-
cause she has lifted and carried hun
dreds of pounds.
Stand at any city street-corner, and
watch the women as they pass. How
tired they look! How their dresses
flap round them! Contrast them
with the men. Mems feet lift no
weight of clothes. Mems steps con-
tend with nothing. Every muscle has
its natural exercise. Outdoor air and
exercise are good for them.
The advice women need is for short
er, lighter and looser dresses. Mrs.
Jenness-Miller has not come day too
soon with her better costume, if the
health of women is to be improved.
Mrs. Celia b. Whitehead has shown
" What's the matter" Before her,
Mrs. Amelia Bloomer, nearly forty
years ago, set the example of short,
loose dresses.
That style was adopted by many
women, among them Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Miss Susan B. An
thony, and the present writer. How
light and comfortable and neat it was
How easily We went up stairs without
stepping on ourselves! How we came
vfuwr rsuirv w;t..osst- fcar-uf- -haing
stepped on! A walk on a rainy day
or in a muddy street had no terror,
for there were no yards of draggled
skirts to clean. We had room to
breathe, and freedom for our feet.
But this healthful dress was " despised
and rejected" by the great public. On
one occasion, Miss Anthony, in COM
pany with me, started to go to the
postoffice in New York, in the Bloomer
costume. But we were surrounded
and wedged ill by crowd which hoot-
ed and jeered. We escaped only by
carriage sent by a friend who saw our
dilemma.
1t was so difficult to wear this dress,
with the odium that was cast upon it,
that we returned sorrowfully to the
bondage of our bodies for the sake of
freedom to live unmolested. That was
long ago. Now women might accept
the light, sensible dress which Mrs.
Jenness Miller wears and commends,
without fear of unpleasant comment.
In it they may take fresh air and exer-
else, and gain in health. Mrs. Miller's
address for her magazine entitled
" Dress" is The Gallison & Hebron Co.,
697 Broadway. New York.
LUCY STONE.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

AT Spokane Falls one night last
week, about 1890 O'Clock, while the
sky was overcast with heavy clouds
and light rain was falling, a meteor
was seen by Il number of people to
shoot from the heavens directly over
head. 1t struck the electric light
wires on the south side of Main street,
between Howard and Mill streets, in
the very heart of the city, cutting one
of the wires in two and bursting into a
thousand fragments. Those who saw
the strange phenomenon says that
when it struck, the ball of fire looked to
be ten feet in diameter. An effort has
been made to find some of the pieces
but as the streets were covered with
mud and water the search was fruit
less.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

The largest Sabbath School in the
world, it is said, is the one in connec-
ton with the North Side Central
Church," in Chicago. 1t has 5000
scholars, with an average attendance
of 5000. In addition to the Sabbath
School services, there are kindergartens
conducted every week morning, with
a daily attendance of $50; a sewing
class on Saturdays, attended by 500
girls; and class on Mondays of boys
for annual training. All the classes are
froo
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

To haul the wheat crop of this year
from Eastern Washington to Puget
Sound will require five trains of twonty
cars each h per pay for years steady
haul.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

NORTHERN capitalists are rapidly
acquiring all the pine lands in south
ern Alabama, that are still owned by
the Government and that can be had
for 81 25 per acre.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

A GLASS bedstead has been made
at a Birmingham, England, factory
for q Calcutta millionaire. 1t is of
cold glass, the legs, rails, etc, being
richly cut. The King of Burmah also
has one.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09
WHOLE NUMBER 1896.
A Story of Bishop Simpson.
(Ameriean Magazine for September. il

An incident showing his gifts is re-
lated by his uncle. Late one Satur-
day night he arrived at town in the
mountainous regions of Pennsylvania,
where he was total straX ger. The
next morning he made his way to the
Methodist Church, and accosted the
pastor telling him he was brother in
the ministry. Simpson being extreme
ly awkward and plain in appearance,
the pastor was half inclined to
omit the courtesy due brother
preacher, of asking him to de-
liver sermon. If he inquired of
the bishop as to his name he must
have failed to catch it, for the Ger
tainly had no idea to whom he was
speaking. His request for the stranger
to preach was therefore expressed in
the most formal and constrained man
ner. The stranger readily agreed to
fill the pulpit, and the pastors cha
grin Was evident, as he resigned HIM
self to his fate. The bishop preached
one of his powerful sermons, and every
body in the audience whispered to his
neighbor, "Who is he?" Before he
had taken his seat, the pastor had him
by the hand. "What did you say
your name was?" Simpson" "What!
Not the bishop?" "That is what they
call me-" The minister instantly
sprang to his feet and said, "You
have just had the privilege of listening
to Bishop Simpson. Let us sing,
Praise God from whom whom all
blessings flow.'"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

THE Cowlitz Adrocate says that q
number of Chehalis cannerymen have
been arrested for fishing during the
close session.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

A TELEGRAPH wire stretched around
the earth at the equator would weigh
1000, 900 pounds while less than one
pound of a certain spider web would
be required.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

The King County assessment roll
credits Mr.. H. L. Yesler with prop
erty valuation of $302,O91, Governor
Squire $269,6l3.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

THE Boston Globe, few weeks ago,
criticised with just severity the law of
Rhode Island which denies the ballot
to little over 5000 men, because they
do not own one hundred and thirty
four dollars worth of land. Now let
the Globe, and other papers that feel
the hurt Of the disfranchised Rhode
Island men, give word for the more
than SOC, 900 women of Massachusetts
who are disfranchised because they are
women. The Rhode Island men can
acquire land, but women can never
cease to be women. The women of
Massachusetts outnumber the men of
the State by $4,000. Men who love JUS
tice for its own sake, and who believe
in Home Rule, should take up the de-
fence Of disfranchised women.-Wo-
mans Journal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

Mrs. d. G. CRoLY {" Jennie June')
has been made President of Mrs. r.
P. Newby's Women's Endowment
Cattle Company. The company has
filed its certificate of incorporation in
New Jersey, and has capital stock
of 81 SOC, 600, divided into 5000 shares
of $500 each. The company has con-
troll of nearly 100000 acres of fine
grazing land in New Mexico, on which
there are now 5000 head Of cattle.
The stock is to be placed with women
as an endowment for their children.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

DAYS and nights are now of nearly
equal length.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09


BosToN's Common Council ran up a
bill against the city OF $18,O 900 for en-
tertaining her dusky majesty, Queen
Kapiolani. One of the items was 100
gallons OF liquors. There was, besides.
little bill to florist of $500, and
the Parker House bill for refreshments
OF 5000, though the Statues of the
State expressly forbid any city paying
an official more than dollar day for
refreshments, and nothing for wines,
liquors and cigars. Yet the Council
are not willing to pay reasonable SAL
aries to police matrons. Ought not
Boston women to have municipal suf-
frage?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09
The Lumber Industry.
ORDERS ARE PILING UP BEYOND THE
CAPACITY OF THE MILLS.

The mills of the Puget Sound basin,
says the Mississippi Valley Lumbermon,
published at Minneapolis, were prob
ably never so active as at present. Or
ders are piling up beyond the capacity
of the buzz saws and figures are so
high that what in duller times would
be eagerly received now goes begging.
For instance, an agent is in Tacoma
with an order for an unlimited sup
ply" of railroad ties to be sent to Peru,
and as yet has been unable to place
it anywhere on the Sound because of
the crowded condition of the mills
with orders. His only hope he says is
the small mills upin the mountains in
the line of the railroad and also the
hewers and possible stocking up"
all round the approaching winter.
The shipments of lumber from Pu
get Sound to foreign ports for the
month of July rounds up in even fig
ures as follows:
Rough lumber ...... ..-........ 5594, ,643
Dressed lumber. ..................1,16 Il 1884, GAP
Laths 149,236
Total 5000, ,521
The estimated value of these ship
ments is $60,322. This, it should be
remembered, is the shipment TO for
eign ports alone and does not embrace
the large supply to the local demand
on the Sound.
With the completion of the Cascade
Division of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road, the Puget Sound mill men and
Eastern dealers are already talking
business to each other.
Mr. John Robb, of Philadelphia,
representing J. A. Homes & Co., of
st. Louis, dealers in heavy timhers,
in an interview with a representative
of the Lumberman, stated that his firm
was the pioneer in the matter of ship
ing timber from the Puget Sound
district by rail to the east. Long and
heavy timbers, such as are used for
bridges are getting very scarce in Mich
igan, he said, whence they had hither-
TO drawn their supply, and the splen-
did timbers with which the forests of
Washington Territory abound and of
which the firm makes specially, an
swered their purpose perfectly. Asked
as to whether the Interstate Commerce
bill would interfere with the trade in
lumber between the Puget Sound re-
gion and the East, he sal, he thought
not as the demand for the specialties of
that district would overcome all op-
position. Speaking of the mills of
Puget Sound Mr. Robb said they were
hardly up to the high standard of
completeness established AS the big
mills of Michigan, but they were not
the less adapted to the work they had
to do.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

N. J. REDPATH, NJ. D.,
PHYSICIAN "a SURGEON,
OFFICE:
burmtstcr's Brick, Rooms !, and 3.
Olympia, May 13, 1887. II
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

THE circus has come and gone.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09

AT Tacoma Col. Hamilton, who had
arrived from the east of the mountains,
gives some facts in regard to new iron
discovery in that section of the Terri
tory, which is reported the most exten-
sive ever found on the Pacific coast.
and riva ling the famous mines of Penn
sylvania. This district is situated on
the Northern Pacific railroad ninety
miles from Tacoma, and three miles
from the town of Cle-elum. 1t is on
what has been called Iron Mountain,
the first discovery on which was made
just recently, since which nine
locations have been made, all showing
large veins of superior iron, in fact
enough to keep the lar gest works
constantly employed for generation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-09-09
A Story of Natural Gas.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. |

Two hundred years ago in China
there was just such craze about
natural gas Us we have in this country
to-day. Gas wells were sunk with as
much vim and vigor us the celestials
were capable OF, but owing to gas ex-
plosion that killed several millions of
people and tore up and destroyed a
large district of country, leaving a
large inland sea, known on the maps
as Lake Foo Chang, the boring of any
more gas wells s@was then and. there
prohibited by law. 1t seems, accord
ing to the Chinese history, that many
large and heavy-pressure gas wells
were struck, and in some districts
wells were sunk close to each other.
Gas was lighted as soon as struck, as
is done in this country. 1t is stated
that one we'll with its unusual press
ure, by induction of back draught,
pulled down into the earth the burn
ing gas of small well, resulting in a
dreadful explosion of a large district,
destroying the inhabitants thereof.
Lake Foo Chang rests on this district.
The same catastrophe is imminent in
this country unless the laws shall
restrict further developments in bor-
ing so many wells. Should similar
explosion occur there will be such an
unheaval as will dwarf the most terri
BILE earthquake ever known. The
country along the gas belt from To-
ledo through Ohio, Indiana, and Ken
tucky, will be ripped up to the depth
of 200 to 800 feet and Topped over
like slapjack, leaving chasm
through which the waters of Lake
Erie will come bowling down. filing
the Ohio and Mississippi valleys and
h1ottinp them ont forever
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-09
A COLD BLOODED MURDER
ATIME KEEPER AFTER ASSAULT
ING A WORKMAN
Who Was Drunk, Takes a shotgun
and Kills a Man Working on
the Railroad.
ESPECIAL TO rHE APPRLL.I

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, March S-A
fatal shooting STAIR occurred yes ter.
day afternoon at the Coosa mountain
tunnel, on the Georgia Central rail-
road extension, twenty mics east OF
the city, the victim b ing an English
lsborer named VIM. Mills. Toe shoot.
irg was done by timekeeper named
Pierce, in the employ OF the cou.
tractors, Tate, Dunnavsnt 4 Ds Bar
deleb5n. Tho only scco unit Of he fra
Gas that has reached the city yet,
wss brought In this afternoon by
several compstriots OF Mills's, who
were hunting Pierce. According to
this Pierce knocked down q drunken
Englisbmsn for some slight ofiense,
then walked to the commlssary ore.
Several Of the men followed and csllt d
for him, whereupon he came out with
a shotgun In his hands, aud attended
by two OF the men in the store
armed with pistols. ri rec
presented his gun in the
lace OF one Of the party and asked
what they wanted. Mills said they
came to ssS about the knock down,
and Pierce, saying, "Pl give you this
for an snswer," turned and let him
have a load of shot in the face, kill
ing him instantly. Pierce skipped
last night.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-09
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.


IsPRoIAL TO THE APPEAL.I
CHATTANOOGA, TRNN., March s.
The Grand Council Of the Royal Ar
canum Of Tennessee met in this city
today All of the officers were pres.
ent. The repo OF the q and Secre-
tsry was resd, showing a most hatter-
ing condition of the order ss to the
membership. The follow from the re-
port of the order will prove interest
ing: Membership January /, 1885,
11U6 Initiated during the yeSr, 200 ;
admitted by card, l ; reinstated, l 1; to-
tai, 1919 Withdrawn during the year,
10; suspensions, 20; died, IS; total, 81.
Membership January /, 1887, 1858;
increase during the year, 1852; appli-
cants rejected, 81. For the past six
years $l35. .3l9 have been received,
$4,000 disbursed and seventy-two
deaths occurred.
The 70 lowing we're elected grand
officers for the ensuing year: Grand
Regent "A. T. Davis, Of Memphis;
Grand Vice Regent-D. Nc vi Ian, OF
Chattanooga; Grand o ator-r. M.
schleir, OF Nashville; Grand Secretary
Thomas Taylor, of Nashville; Grand
Treasnrer-T, II. Everett, OF Pulaski !;
Grand Guide-W. II. Gray; Grand
Trustees - George r Williams, OF
Nashville, and ]. II. Morris, of Pu as
ki; Finance Oummit,ee-A. 8. Brown,
Of Nashville, J A. Joyce, OF Pulaski,
and John B. Everett, Of Nashville.
The officers elect were duly ins allied
by Deputy Supreme Regent Henry
Morgan.
The meeting adjourned to meet on
the I'd of March next In Knoxville.